The Bennet Matter - Ep 2: Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (February 21, 1956)

“The Bennet Matter - Ep 2” is an episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 21, 1956. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Arnold Bennett, a building owner, is shot in his home in a remote San Francisco location. Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar looks into whether Tony Midas, an embezzler Bennett previously prosecuted, is responsible. Johnny discovers evidence that the building Bennett owned was deliberately set on fire using professional incendiary devices, and he tracks down Tony Midas's former defense attorney to learn more about the case.

San Francisco, including Arnold Bennett's home in the hills, a county hospital, and various locations around the city in 1956

Characters: Johnny Dollar, Arnold Bennett, Andy Court, Bill Underwood, Inspector Dickens, Tony Midas, Elizabeth Bennett, Mr. Engel

Listen for: Details about the professional arson that destroyed Bennett's building, the relationship between Tony Midas and Bennett, and whether Midas is truly responsible for both crimes

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.